Wave-power water-moving apparatus.



No. 630,006. Patented Aug. I, |899.

J. HUGWSKI. WAVE POWER WATER MVING APPARATUS. W A i i .i y 7'. l u I l v(Application fned oct. le. 199s.) No Model.)l 1" -0 @nw/Wto@ JOIINROGO'WSKI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WAVE-POWER WATER- MOVING APPARATUS;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.- 630,006, dated August1, 1899;

Application inea october 18,1898.

To ctZZ wle/0m it rim/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Rocowsn, a citi zen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Wave- Power Water-Hoving Devices andApparatus; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

My invention relates to a device and apparat-us which is especiallydesigned to furnish a supply of water through the action of waves uponthe sea-coast.

My invention consists in the parts and the constructions andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section through my apparatus. Fig. 2is a detail of the cylindrical valve.

A is the funnel-shaped mouth of the apparatus, and it is mounted at sucha point that the waves will rush into it as each one rises in thatdirection, and it is so constructed that the mouth will be considerablylarger than the rear or contracted end, so that waves striking in themouth of the funnel will be concentrated into the contractedportion,from which the water is carried through a passage B anddelivered into the upper part of the reservoir or chamber C, which isdisposed with relation to the channel as shown. In order to control thesupply of Water to this reservoir or chamber and to prevent its returnafter it has entered, I have shown a hinged nap-valve D, one edge ofwhich is hinged in the upper part of the channel B and the other edgefalls by gravitation, resting upon an incline E, which is in line withthe hinged valve, so that the movable end may lie upon this surface andform a close to prevent the return of water through the pipe or passageB. IVhenever the Water da-shes into this passage, it will lift the valveD and pass into the chamber C, the valve D closing immediately after therush of in fiowin g water has ceased. If for any reason it is desired toobtain access to this valve for repairs or other purposes, it iseffected by means of a gate or door F, fitted in the top of the passageB above the valve D, this door having a suitable hinge at one side and alocking and holding device at the other. IYhen it is desired to obtainSerial No. 693,879. (No model.)

access to this valve or to other parts of the apparatus or for otherreasons to close the Water-supply temporarily, it is effected by meansof agate or valve G, which may be hinged and operated by a shank I-I,connected with its movable end, or it may be in the form of thewell-known vertically-movable Water gate. In either case it is fitted tothe passage B exterior to the automatic valve D and when closed preventsany ingress of water.

From the lower part of the chamber C a passage I extends, being, as hereshown, made in constantly-diminishing sections from the chamber C to apoint where it is upturned, extending thence vertically upward, as shownat I. This pipe I is closed at the top by a suitable cap J, and at theside of the passage I', at a point near the bottom, aconductingpipe Kconnects with it, and through this the surplus otwater supplied into andthrough the chamber C is constantly delivered in irnpulses dependingupon the action of the eX- terior Waves.

L is a cylindrical valve which reciprocates within the vertical pipe orpassage I. This valve has wings Z upon opposite sides, and these guidestravel in corresponding slots or channels O, made in the sides of thevertical chamber I', thus causing the valve to rise and fall andmaintain its proper position. This valve is of suicient length so thatwhen it is at the bottom of its travel it lies across the passage K andforms a stop or check valve to prevent the return of water which hasonce been forced into this passage. The guide slots O terminate at apoint just below the pipe, and thus form a stop in which the guides Zare arrested when the valve reaches the bot tom of its travel. The valvemay move upwardly as far as the length of the pipe or the closed top ora cushion therein will admit and is constantly forced up by the ingressot' water and falls by gravitation when the pressure subsides.

Pis an air-chamber which steadies and reg-l ulates the movement of thewater from the chamber C through the pipe I, and Q is an- IOO side ofthe vertical pipe I and approximately opposite the passage K, the valveL can be easily reached at any time when desired.

The apparatus forms a simple and effective water-supply which is kept inalmost constant operation by the flow and impulse of the waves. yapparatus may be built of any suitable materials and in any manner ofshape and of any size chamber or reservoir. My apparatus is especiallyadapted for fiat sea-coasts. It cannot be operated on cliiTs or rocks.Having thus described myinventi'on, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1. An apparatus forconcentrating andconducting Water consisting of a pipe having a funnel mouth or openingtoward the sea, an automatic check-valve preventing the return of waterthrough the pipe, a chamber=reser- Voir of larger dimensions into theupper part of which the pipe discharges, a second pipe yconnecting withthe lower part of the chamber having an upturned vertical section withguides and a vertically-reciprocating valve therein and a discharge-pipeleading from n the vertical section and across the mouth of which thevalvecloses to prevent the return of water therethrough.

2. In an apparatus for storing and conducting water, a wide-mouthedfunnel opening tward the sea, a horizontal pipe connecting with`thecontracted end of the fun-nel having an inwardly-opening check-valve anda manually-operated gate, a chamber or reservoir of larger dimensionsinto the upper part off of the diminishingpipehavinggnides formed 4o inits sid es, a valve having Wings movable in said guides, a pipe openinghorizontally from the vertical valve-carrying pipe, said valve adaptedto stand normally across the mouth of the discharge-pipe to which itacts as a check and movable to expose said pipe for the ingress of Waterfrom the chamber bythe impulses of the water delivered thereto from thesea. t

8. .In an apparatus for concentrating and conducting water, thecombination of a reservoir or chamber, a pipe leading into the upperportion thereof and having a funnel= shaped mouth or opening toward thesea, a

pipe leading from the lower portion of the reservoir or chamber, acheck-valve in the first-named pipe and a valve or gate in advance ofsaid check-valve, a discharge=pipe connecting with the second-namedvpipe and a valve controlling the admission of waterV to 6o Ysaiddischarge-pipe.

Inkvwitness whereof I have hereunto set my "N hand. t

JOHN ROGOWSKI.

Witnesses:

JOHN LUsZcz, IGNEY. OLBINsKI.

